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      Knowledge is Power

      Knowledge is Power

      SA Mind
      Evolution

      Your Brain Evolved from Bacteria

      Where did our brains come from?

      • By Dwayne Godwin, Jorge Cham on July 1, 2014
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      This article was originally published with the title "Brain Evolution" in SA Mind 25, 4, 76 (July 2014)

      doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0714-76

      ABOUT THE AUTHOR(S)

      Dwayne Godwin is a neuroscientist at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine. Jorge Cham draws the comic strip Piled Higher and Deeper at www.phdcomics.com
      Dwayne Godwin is a neuroscientist at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine. Jorge Cham draws the comic strip Piled Higher and Deeper at www.phdcomics.com

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